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Community => Recreation Commons => Topic started by: Dio on August 28, 2015, 11:02:42 PM

Title: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Dio on August 28, 2015, 11:02:42 PM

What style of buildings or shelters do you find interesting? Two of the shelters I found interesting are shown below.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eOBhJyhutjY/TLYF0Bk1RrI/AAAAAAAAAAs/TF0P0qjz8_g/s400/poncho_lean_to_shelter%5B1%5D.jpg)
(http://preparednessadvice.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/pancho-shelters.gif)
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Title: Re: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Lord Avalon on August 28, 2015, 11:55:30 PM

Does this count? Japanese capsule hotels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel): interesting in a "I can't believe that's a thing" sort of way.

Title: Re: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Buster's Uncle on August 29, 2015, 12:06:08 AM

...I sorta LIKE the notion of a tiny sleeping niche, actually - but not in a building full of other people.

Title: Re: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Dio on August 29, 2015, 12:07:20 AM

Quote from: Lord Avalon on August 28, 2015, 11:55:30 PM

Does this count? Japanese capsule hotels (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel): interesting in a "I can't believe that's a thing" sort of way.

That most certainly counts because you found it interesting. The major purpose of this thread is to highlight the variety of architecture found in buildings and shelters around this world.

Title: Re: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Dio on August 29, 2015, 12:08:47 AM

I would also enjoy the small space building if it was not similiar to putting fish into sealed cans.

Title: Re: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Rusty Edge on August 29, 2015, 12:38:54 AM

Quote from: Dio on August 28, 2015, 11:02:42 PM

What style of buildings or shelters do you find interesting? Two of the shelters I found interesting are shown below.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eOBhJyhutjY/TLYF0Bk1RrI/AAAAAAAAAAs/TF0P0qjz8_g/s400/poncho_lean_to_shelter%5B1%5D.jpg)

We've been watching survival shows sometimes- Naked and Afraid, Fat Guys in the Woods, and Alone.

I find the lean-to shelter interesting, particularly made from hemlock trees and with a fire in front.

(http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii403/rescueriley/PICT0011-40.jpg)

Also, the more permanent version-

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/41471153.jpg (http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/41471153.jpg)

http://catskillmountaineer.com/images/phoenicia/tremper-12-15.jpg (http://catskillmountaineer.com/images/phoenicia/tremper-12-15.jpg)

Title: Re: Building and Shelter Architecture
Post by: Unorthodox on August 29, 2015, 02:19:40 AM

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to/g172/shipping-container-homes-460309/ (http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/how-to/g172/shipping-container-homes-460309/)

But my interest is mostly a tangent idea to make a haunted house out of them, you could just arrange the pre-decorated containers into a maze then haul them away for storage when done.